The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-06
XMAS AT THE CAPITAL.
CONGRESS REASSEMBLED TUES
DAY.
Gen. Logan's Remains Lying IN state
President Cleve1and's Condition
ImDortant Measures.
!Speciaz Correspondence of the Sentinel

GreSSlOnal holiday FacaIlon Will Closo
next Tuesday and the session will |
then reopen. The Capitol has been
practically deserted by Congressnen
and visitors for the past week, but on
Thursday the remains OF Senator Lo-
gan were taken thither to lie in state,
and to-day the Senate Chamber was
the scene of his imposing obsequles.
Almost everybody prominent in Off
cial and social circles here was pres
ent, and long procession Of citizens,
civic and military organizations IN
charge of General Sheridan followed
the deceased Senator to Rock Creek
cemetery.
For twenty-four hours preceding
the funeral the Senator's remains
reposed on an historic bier in
the rotunda of the Capitol and the
public passed through to view them.
The bier was the same on which rest
ed the bodies of President Lincoln,
Chief Justice Chase, President Gar
field and Thaddeus Stevens.
There has been a great deal Of talk
among Illinois Congressman in regard
to the political effect of General Lo-
gan's death. Said Representative
Townshend, ct will do more to throw
the State into the control of the Dem
ocracy than any other event | can
conceive Of" The late Senator has
been able to hold his party together
with more success than any other man
in the State, by reason Of his popular
ity among the soldier element and
with the masses ct the people. Now
that the Republicans are without a
strong leader in Illinois, the Demo
Gratis have an excellent chance of car
rying the State at the next election.
As to the Senator's successor in the
Senate, the two most prominent aspi-
rants are Gov. Oglesby end ex-Con-
gresham Farwell of Chicago.
1t is singular coincidence that
both of the candidates for Vice-Presi-
dent in 1884 are dead, and both can
didates for President are, at this mo-
ment, suffering from the same malady.
Strangely enough too, in the cases of
Messrs. Hendricks and Logan, the
pail of mourning fell upon holiday
Festivities in their respective homes.
There is nothing in President Cleve-
lands condition to arouse any anxiety
on the part of the public, but he is
suffering from another attack of rheu-
matism. One of his knees is again
painfully involved, and for the past
week, he has spent most of his time
between the bed and lounge. He has
been abstaining from all unnecessary
exertion in the hope of being able, by
such care, 10 be up and ready to see
the people on Nsw Years Day.
The eyes of the whole country are
focused upon the action of Congress
upon the Interstate Commerce bill
This bill presents square issue be
y tween the millions of producers ant
Seonsumers on the one side and tn
greedy railroad cormorants ON tn
other. 1t is not proposed in this bill
to forbid the railway companies from
charging more per mile for shor
haul than for long one. People eN
pect to buy at wholesale for less thai
at retail. The long and short of tn
long and short haul provision is jus
this. No railroad company shal
charge more dollars for carrying to
OF freight half the distance betwee
two points than is charged for carry
ing the same ton of freight the whol
distance. As much as $500 a car loa
has been charged for freight to Neva
da from the East, when the freight O
the same through To Sacramento trol
the same point East was only $500.
1t is easy enough to understand VIII
member of Congress who is in r.
ceipt of handsome retaining fees fro
subsidized railroad company shoui
be opposed to the Beck bill, for,
case of its passage, he would be cor
PEELED to resign his seat and reti
from legislative life, or else termina
his professional engagements with Il
corporations. The mere fact that
Senator or Representative is work.,
to defeat this proposed legislation, CT
ates a warrantable suspicion that if
is not already in the service of t
roads, he expects to be, or is at lea
open to solicitation. Senator Beck
trying to render such scandalous IL
putations upon the good name of t
Senate impossible and to facilitate t
progress of wholesome legislation.
There has been a good deal of ext
session talk in connection with t
Treasury surplus problem. Ma
public men believe, unless it can
satisfactorily solved during this s.
sion, that the President will call t
Fiftieth Congress in extra session e
" after the fourth of March, to p,
form the task of relieving the Ire
ury of some of those surplus mlllio
Others point to the fact that if a